David Charles Goelz is an American puppeteer, puppet builder, and actor, known for his work with the Muppets.
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He was born on July 16, 1946, in Los Angeles, California.
Early Life, and Career:
When Goelz was younger, he was interested in puppetry and enjoyed watching the children’s television program Time for Beany. However, he attended the Los Angeles Art Center College of Design and started working as an industrial designer after graduating from Burbank’s John Burroughs High School.
Because Walt Disney Imagineering already had a significant number of industrial designers, his application for employment was not taken into consideration.
Goelz, who had a mechanical background, had positions at Hewlett-Packard, American Airlines, and John Deere.
Goelz met Frank Oz at a puppetry festival in 1972, and during a vacation in New York City, he attended daily Sesame Street tapings. A few months later, Goelz showed his design portfolio to Jim Henson, and in 1973, he was offered a job with Henson Associates as a part-time puppet builder.
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His first assignment was to build puppets and design effects for a proposed Broadway show. However, the show was soon abandoned in favor of an ABC pilot, The Muppets Valentine Show, for which Goelz built characters and got his first chance at performing, playing Brewster, whom he also designed.
Goelz’s puppeteering roles also included in Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth. Outside of puppeteering work, he was also the voice of Figment in the Journey into Imagination with Figment attraction at Epcot.
Family, Personal Life, and Facts: Parents, Wife, Children, Birthday, and Height
No details are available regarding Goelz’s parents.
He is married to Debra, a former vice president of finance at Jim Henson Productions. He tied the knot with Debra when he was 46 years old.
They reside on a 20-acre plot of wooded land in Northern California with his wife and their two kids.
Height-wise, Goelz is 5 feet and 9 inches.
Net Worth:
His net worth is yet to be disclosed.
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